Blog: Buzz Bands

[ Andy Bell of Oasis, and Ride before that, turns 39 today. Cheers, mate. And in L.A. environs ...] Black Francis hits town for a pair of solo acoustic dates at the Mint, with Mere Mortals [whose new music I previewed a couple of weeks ago] opening. ... Let's see: A 60-foot giantess, a discredited scientist and a search for redemption — those are the elements in the Voyeurs' new video for "Things People say," which the L.A. duo debuts [...]